Thursday, April 28 2005 22:30 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: The United States today (Apr 28, 2005) dismissed Airbus Industrie's apprehensions over the Air India's decision to acquire 50 aircraft from American Boeing, saying it was confident that the deal was "fair".

"All our companies keep higher standards and conduct their dealings. You know we have a very stringent corrupt practices and law... Boeing is one of our best companies and I have full confidence that the deal is fair," US Charge d'Affaires Robert Blake told reporters when asked about Airbus Industrie seeking a Central Vigilance Commission enquiry into the Rs 30,000 crore deal.

The Airbus Industrie, which lost the deal to Boeing, had yesterday sought that the entire evaluation process of AI be looked into by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) but AI accused the European aircraft manufacturer of carrying out a "misinformation campaign".

As Airbus vice president Nigel Harwood said he would write to the Civil Aviation Ministry and Air India seeking reconsideration of the evaluation and call for fresh tenders, an AI spokesman said the Indian carrier had "not deviated one bit" from the specifications prescribed in the Request for Proposal document.